Species Detail Grasses

Plants - Daniela Roth @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA)		Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants Puccinellia parishii - bog alkaligrass Other Common Names: Parish alkaligrass, Parish's alkali grass Plant Form: Grass Family: Poaceae


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	Grass Description - Glossary of Grass Terminology Origin: Native Season: Cool Habitat Description: Marshes. Plant Communities:Riparian Elevation: 5000 - 6000 feet General Description Desc: Tufted annual with erect stems and very narrow, firm leaves around the base. Identification Notes: Annual; one to many stems; blades short; seedheads 1 to 6 inches tall, narrow with erect-appressed branches; lemmas membranous with obtuse to truncate apices, smooth between veins and densely hairy over the veins. Grass Type: Annual Rhizomes: N Stolons: N Large Dense Clump (> 2 feet): N Bushy (highly branched): N Height with Seedheads: Less than 12 inches Seedhead Structure: Branched - contracted Seedhead Droops: N Flowering Period: May - Jun Flower Characteristics Number of Flowers per Spikelet: Multi-flowered Spikelets One-sided: N Awns: Absent Three Awns: N Awns Bent: N Flower and Seedhead Notes: Seedhead narrow, few flowers, branches erect-appressed; spikelets 1/4 inch long; glumes shorter than the first floret, broad and straight; florets 4 to 6 per spikelet; lemmas about 1/16 inch long. Vegetative Charcteristics Blade Hairy: Y Blade with White Margins: N Blade Cross section: Flat or involute Blade Notes: Leaf blades short, 1/16 inch wide, flat and or involute. Sheath Hairy: N Tuft of Hairs at top of Sheath or Collar: U Ligules: Absent Auricles (Ear-like lobes at collar area: N Forage Value: Unknown.


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